Elegant Bows Birthday Card

My father-in-law's birthday was earlier this month, and I made him this masculine birthday card to celebrate.

I started by creating an A2 card base out of heavyweight white cardstock. Then I watercolored some watercolor paper and trimmed it just smaller than the front of the card base. 

For the presents, I used Altenew's Fine Frames: Squares Die Set. It die cuts squares with very thin frames around them in several different sizes. I used the inner squares as the gifts and trimmed the thin frames to become the strings on the gifts.

For the bows, I used the new Elegant Bows set by Altenew that includes an embossing folder, stencil set, and coordinating die. I chose three of the bows for my little presents and added them to the gifts. I arranged the little gifts using both Art Glitter glue and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam tape. 

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 Challenges I'm entering:

July 2025 Inspiration Challenge - Butterfly Greetings – Altenew 

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********:ATG (1/3; ends 7/21/25) C10

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of fun with stencils (I used stencils to color the bows on the presents) (4/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 7/31/25)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of using vellum (3/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of any holiday (3/8; ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (3/3; ends 7/18/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: For a child or ATG (3/5; ends 7/17/25)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 8/12/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

No more challenges.